In article <PB906.237244$76.5266681 / news1.rdc1.ab.home.com>,
Pete McBreen, McBreen.Consulting <mcbreenp / cadvision.com> wrote:
>Anybody know what it would take to get Ruby into the standard GNU Linux
>distributions?

Debian has it (or at least they have a .deb for it), but it's ruby 1.4.
Check out: http://www.debian.org/ and the 'debian packages ' link.


I also found via rpmfind.net that there are .rpm's of ruby.  Kondara seems
to have it.  And Mandrake appears to have an rpm of 1.6.1.

>
>Would getting on the GNU Linux distributions be a good thing for Ruby?
>Thoughts anyone?
>

Certainly, it would be good.  If it's in the distro that makes it easier
for people to give it a try.  However, I found that downloading and
compiling the source under Linux was quite easy.

I believe RedHat began shipping Python because some of their
configureation apps were written in it.  Write some good
Linux configuration apps in Ruby and it will make it more likely that more
distros include it. Or, somehow tie it in with Gnome or KDE configuration.



Phil